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Other Wave Variables

Velocity Waves:

\begin{eqnarray*}
v^{+}(n) &\mathrel{\stackrel{\Delta}{=}}& \dot y^{+}(n)\\
v^{-}(n) &\mathrel{\stackrel{\Delta}{=}}& \dot y^{-}(n)
\end{eqnarray*}

Wave Impedance (we'll derive later):

$\displaystyle \zbox{R = \sqrt{K\epsilon } = \frac{K}{c} = \epsilon c}
$

Force Waves:

\begin{eqnarray*}
f^{{+}}(n) &\mathrel{\stackrel{\Delta}{=}}& R\,v^{+}(n)\\
f^{{-}}(n) &\mathrel{\stackrel{\Delta}{=}}& -R\,v^{-}(n)
\end{eqnarray*}

Ohm's Law for Traveling Waves:

\fbox{%
\begin{minipage}[c]{3in}%
\begin{displaymath}\begin{array}{rcrl}%
f^{{+}...
...+}(n) \\
f^{{-}}(n)&=&-&R\,v^{-}(n)
\end{array}\end{displaymath}\end{minipage}}


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``Elementary Digital Waveguide Models for Vibrating Strings'', by Julius O. Smith III and Nelson Lee,
REALSIMPLE Project — work supported by the Wallenberg Global Learning Network .
Released 2008-06-05 under the Creative Commons License (Attribution 2.5), by Julius O. Smith III and Nelson Lee
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